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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Dissonance
Homophony
Modes
Intermezzo
2. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
System
Dissonance
Modes
Rubato
3. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Octave
Dissonance
Fermata
Oratorio
4. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Deceptive cadence
Ornaments
Natural
Grazioso
5. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Oratorio
Unison
Pentatonic Scale
Cadenza
6. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
March
Libretto
Energico
String Quartet
7. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Choir
Harmony
Chord
Fermata
8. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Treble
Verismo
Quartet
Opera
9. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Accelerando
Recitative
Oratorio
Scherzo
10. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Falsetto
Overture
Renaissance
Cantabile
11. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Sonatina
Capriccio
Theme
Octet
12. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Time Signature
Trio
Treble
Fourth
13. A string of chords played in succession.
Ensemble
Romantic
Chord progression
Grave
14. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Nocturne
Flat
Quintet
Pentatonic Scale
15. Unmusical - without tone.
Development
Motif
Tone less
Scherzo
16. A separate section of a larger composition.
Movement
Ligature
Neoclassical
Rigaudon
17. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Capriccio
Opus
Scherzo
Allegro
18. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Fugue
Round
Phrase
Chord
19. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Clavier
Canon
Twelve-tone music
Measure
20. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Ostinato
Nocturne
Tone less
Vivace
21. The technique of altering the tone color of a single note or musical line by changing from one instrument to another in the middle of a note or line.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Chord
Vivace
Stretto
22. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Cavatina
Portamento
Development
Triplet
23. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Orchestra
Pizzicato
Pentatonic Scale
Leitmotif
24. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Mezzo
Espressivo
Concerto
Key signature
25. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Forte
Cadenza
Theme
Tritone
26. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Classicism
Choir
Recitative
Tremolo
27. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
Staff
Cavatina
Ricercar
Elegy
28. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Ensemble
System
Triplet
Natural
29. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Vibrato
Da Capo
Root
Romantic
30. The raising and lowering a pitch of an instrument to produce the correct tone of a note.
Elegy
Tonic
Drone
Tuning
31. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Prelude
March
Legato
March
32. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Sequence
Legato
Romantic
Neoclassical
33. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Rubato
Verismo
Triad
Etude
34. A musical form where the principal theme is repeated several times. The rondo was often used for the final movements of classical sonata form works.
Notation
Rondo
Leitmotif
Sonata form
35. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Finale
Chorale
Madrigal
Accelerando
36. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Grave
Tessitura
Glissando
Movement
37. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Homophony
Sonata form
Glissando
Cadenza
38. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Etude
Staff
Expressionism
Libretto
39. A composition written for nine instruments.
Triad
Instrumentation
Deceptive cadence
Nonet
40. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Interlude
Triplet
Forte
Parody
41. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Measure
Quadrille
Beat
Tessitura
42. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Quintet
Natural
Musicology
Accelerando
43. Repetition of a single tone.
Concert master
Pentatonic Scale
March
Monotone
44. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Chorus
Maestro
Sonata
Grandioso
45. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Contralto
Drone
Musette
Refrain
46. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Quartet
Baroque
Stretto
Opus
47. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Reed
Dynamics
Requiem
Scherzo
48. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Baroque
Cantata
Opera
Development
49. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Relative pitch
A cappella
Castrato
Operetta
50. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Grandioso
Measure
Reprise
Chamber music